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ladling

ladling noun: the act of moving material using a ladle. Also the present participle and gerund of ladle.

Noun

ladling (plural ladlings)

  1. The act of moving material using a ladle.
    • […] by means of a spade only, without any of the filthy ladlings and bucketings which accompany the clearing a cesspool.1870, Henry Julian Hunter, Inquiry on the state of the Dwellings of Rural Labourers, page 142

Also used as

ladling is also the present participle and gerund of ladle.

Forms of ladling

pluralladlings

Questions about ladling

What does ladling mean?
Ladling means the act of moving material using a ladle.
What part of speech is ladling?
Ladling is a noun.
What is the plural of ladling?
The plural of ladling is ladlings.

Words near ladling in the dictionary

  1. ladlers
  2. ladles
  3. ladles and jellyspoons
  4. ladlesful
  5. ladlike
  6. ladling
  7. ladlings
  8. ladlit
  9. Ladmanlow
  10. Ladner
  11. Ladnier

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